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UNITED STATES 1,560,241 PATENT oFFIcE.

ARTHUR JONES, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 S. SMEL'IING FURNACECOMPANY; OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOISy A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

LADLE CARRIER.

Application led February 15, 1924. Serial No. 693,104.

To all fro/fom t may cauce/m.'

Be itknoun that I, ARTHUR JONES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residingVV at the city of Belleville, county of St.

Clairh State of Illinois,` United States of America, have invented acertain new and useful Ladle Carrier, of Whichthe following is such afull,y clear, andexact description as Will enable anyone skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. y

My invention relates to a ladle carrier and particularly to one ofthetype :in which the ladle is raised and lowered by inotor drivenmechanism preferably automatically controlled and in which the rot-ationof the de- -vice as well as the tilting of the ladle is performed eithermanually or is manually controlled. y

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of ladle carriermade in a side elevation, a portion of the base being shown in section;Figure 2 is a detailed view of the reversing gearing; Figure 3 is asection taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; Figure 4 a section taken onthe line 4 4 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is an enlarged vieiv of the column,the sleeve being shown indifferent positions in dotted line; Figure 6 isan enlarged detailed view of the driving gear; and Figure 7 is a sectiontaken on the line 77 of Figure 4.

The base 10 of the device is provided-With wheels 11 preferably flangedto run upon a track. A brake 12 controlled by a foot lever 13 serves tohold the device stationary While the ladle is being filled anddischarged. Mounted on the base 10 by bolts 14 is a table 15 having anupwardly extending toothed flange 16 forming a worm wheel engaging withafivori'n 17 mounted in a yoke 18 and actuated by, a hand Wheel 19. Theyoke y18 is formed 'in two parts adapted to lit around a hollou7cylindrical column 20 and firmly clamped thereto by bolts 21. Column 2Ois rotatably mounted in thetable 15 and is preferably supported by auanti-friction bearing 22 (Figure 1) placed between the end plug 23`ofthe column andthe bottom of the recess in the table 15 into Which thelower end of the column extends. In order 'to lock the column againstrotation'four of tud inal movement.

vthe teeth on the flange 16 are provided with extensions 24, as shown inFigure 6, to `engage with adetent 25 pivoted to the yoke 18 and providedWith a handle 26.

Mounted on the top of the column 2O is a cap 27 held in position by therods 28 extending down through the column and engaging with the plug 23.Cap 27`is provided With a pairofbracketsr29 and 30`respectively, formingbearing for a horizontal shaft 31 on which is' loosely mounted tivomiter gears 32 and 33, each meshing with a third miter gear 34 rigidlysecured to a shaft extending centrally through the column. 20 and driventhrough Worm gearing contained in casing36 from a motor 37 mountedbeneath the base 10, as shown in Figure 7. Mounted on the shaft 31,` torotate therewith, and situated between the miter gears 32a-nd 33, is aclutch 38 adapted to engage with either of said gears by longi-` Themovement `of the clutch is controlled by a bell-crank lever 339, whichmay be actuated either manually by a handle 40, or automatically vbyarod 41 pivoted to :one arm thereof. A miter gear 42 rigidly secured tothe shaft 31 meshes ywith a miter gear 43 on a threaded rod 44 journaledat its upper end in the cap 27 and at its lower end in the yoke 18.

The threaded rod 44 engages With an internally threaded lug '45 on asleeve 46 sliding on the column 20. The sleeve 46 carries a cradlei47`to Which the ladle 4S is pi'voted; The pivot point 49 is arrangedadjacent to the pouring lip "50 of the ladle so that when the contentsof theladle are poured out, the tilting of the ladle will change theposition of thelip but slightly. Tilting ofthe ladle is controlled by acable lyivound around a pulley 52,"Which pulley is rotated from a handWheel 53 on shaft 54 by means vof* spiral and worin'gealringcontainedin-casin; ;,55,` forming a part of the cradle 47. Carried onthe rod 41 is a cylindrical member 56 provided with three V-` shapedcircumferential grooves cooperating With a springdetent 57. The groovesin the member 56 are so spaced that when thedetent is in engagement withthe central groove theclutch 38 will beheld out of en-` gagement.With'both the Wheels 32 and S3. lVhen the d'etent is in engagement withthe lower groove the` clutch will engage `with the Wheel 32, and whenthe detentie in engagel ou actuating said vertically movable member,reversing gear interposed between said motor and member, manuallyactuated means for controlling said reversing gear, andautomatic stopmechanism also controlling said reversing gear.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with atravelling` base, of a rotary column carried thereon, a sleevesurrounding said column, a ladle supported by said sleeve, a motormounted on the base, a driving shaft extending through the column andactuated by said motor, and reversing gearing interposed between saidrod and shaft.

G. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travellingbase, of a rotary column carried thereon, a sleeve surrounding saidcolumn, a ladle supported by said sleeve, a motor mounted on the base, adriving shaft extending through the column and actuated by said motor,reversing gearing interposed between said rod and shaft, and automaticcontrolling means for said reversing gearing.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with atravelling` base, of a rotary column carried thereon, a sleevesurrounding said column, a ladle supported by said sleeve, a motormounted on the base,a driving shaft extending through the column andactuated by said motor, reversing gearing interposed between .said rodand shaft, and automatic controlling means for said reversing gearing,said controlling means including a pair of end stops and an intermediatestop.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a base, of acolumn carried thereon,` manually operated gearing for rotating saidcolumn, means for locking said column in a plurality of positionsrelative to the base, a sleeve surrounding said column,'a ladle carriedby said sleeve, means for raising and lowering said sleeve, said meansincluding reversing gearing, automatic control for said reversinggearing, and means for tilting said ladle.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travellingbase, of a r0- tary column carried thereon, a sleeve slidingly mountedon said column, a ladle supe ported from said sleeve, a motor on saidbase, a driving shaft extending through said column and actuated by saidmotor, athreaded rod for raising and lowering said sleeve, reversinggearing interposed between said driving shaft and rod, and means fortilting said ladle.

10. In a device of the class described, the combination with atravelling baseof a r0- tary column carried thereon, a sleeve slid inglymounted on said column, a ladle supported from said sleeve, a motor onsaid base, a driving shaft extending through said column and actuated bysaid motor, a threaded rod for raising and lowering said sleeve,reversing gearing interposed between said driving shaft and rod,manually actuated means for controlling said reversing gearing,automatically actuated means also controlling said reversing gearing,said automatcally actuated means comprising a pair of end stops and anintermediate stop, and means for tilting said ladle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this the 13th day ofFebruary, 1924.

ARTHUR JONES. [11. s]

